COVID-19 restrictions are causing educational opportunities for growers to be postponed or canceled, but that’s not phasing the Almond Board of California. ABC’s Senior Manager of Field Outreach and Education Tom …
Almond Update: Maximizing Yields and Sustainability from Start to Finish
Setting an orchard up for maximum yield and sustainability is a long game for producers. There are lots of variables, and some are unpredictable such as mother nature. But UC Cooperative …
Almond Update: Carbohydrate Dynamics Research in Upcoming Webinar
The Almond Board of California has continued its online education through webinars during COVID-19 restrictions, and an upcoming session will focus on a potential new tool for the industry. Several years …
Almond Update: Cold Storage for Bees, Webinar on Benefits This week
Research is looking at cold storage for bees to help protect colonies against the varroa mite. The practice can stifle mite populations by temporarily slowing down queen bee egg-laying, which varroa …
Almond Update: Incentives Help Pay for Upgrades, Orchard Recycling
The Almond Board of California is reminding producers around the state that two beneficial incentive programs remain open for applications. The first being the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s National Air …
Almond Update: Three Factors Make Up Optimal Yield Equation
Every grower wants to get the most yield out of their trees. To do that, producers manage three factors that make up an equation, which will give them a total …
Almond Update: Yearly Middle East Trip Strengthens Key and Emerging Markets
The Almond Board of California makes a yearly trip to India and the United Arab Emirates to meet with several trade partners in the region. This year, the Almond Board …
Almond Update: Ideal Conditions Fuel Flash Bloom
Almond bloom started as usual this season, but ideal conditions fueled development and trees went from a few early blossoms to almost full bloom quick. Although rain is needed, California …
Almond Update: Beauty Messaging Dominates Korea, Japan Marketing
It’s said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that is especially true in some Asian almond markets. Koreans deeply value beauty. So much so that they …
Almond Update: Almond Marketing Campaigns for EU Regions
The Almond Board of Californa (ABC) is consistently adjusting and creating new campaigns for several regions in the European Union. ABC’s Director for Europe and Global Publications Dariela Roffe-Rackind said …
Almond Update: Bee Friendly Farming Teaming Up With CASP
The California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP) will strengthen its honey bee health practices by furthering its relationship with the Pollinator Partnership. Bee Friendly Farming is a certification the partnership has …
Almond Update: Supporting and Promoting Bee Health Efforts
California’s almond industry is investing in bee health research through the Almond Board of California. The work is being done in all aspects of the honeybee life cycle, including when the bees …
Almond Update: Fungus Causing Trees to Snap Off At Base
Growers at the 2019 Almond Conference learned about a possible new fungal issue in orchards. Ganoderma Adspersum, a type of Ganoderma fungus that likes to eat reaction wood that trees …
Almond Update: First GSA Plan Deadline for SGMA This Month
The first major deadline for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is January 31. Agencies for critically over-drafted basins will submit their sustainability plans to the state for consideration. Almond Board …